Why Nonaka highlights tacit knowledge: A critical review

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 6-14

  li, Meng ^a   Gao, Fei ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038247     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270310492903     Document Type: Article

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